Dating is the first step to starting to know the person you want to marry or spend the rest of your life with. During the courting days, more often you think of taking the relationship forward. From spending a few nights together to finally moving in and start living together the transition is not easy and it takes time.
It is quite natural for lovers to try out how it feels being together or staying together as partners, sharing each other’s lives. But when can you decide that this is the right time in your relationship to make a transition from dating to a live-in relationship?
What are your goals?
For many people living in a relationship denotes a sort of a permanent arrangement. But even if you are thinking along those lines, you must be aware of the relationship goals of your partner. Is he thinking along the same lines or trying this as an experiment to decide whether you have a chance of being in a legal relationship in the future or not?
Just make sure that you talk this out with your partner and only when both of you are on the same page regarding this should you move forward.
Staying together before living together
Before finally moving into one house try to stay together. For example, try staying one day or a couple of days in each other’s homes, spend time, and understand the habits, personalities, and routines of each other.
Staying together will give you an idea of exactly how it will be if you start living together always and will either prepare you for what can be expected or deter you from taking the relationship further ahead.
Discuss your moving-in fears
Many people are afraid to move in together. Either they have some personal experiences that are stopping them from trying this out or they have seen or heard certain things that are stopping them from moving in with their partners.
Instead of avoiding the topic you must discuss all such fears with your partner. Do not move in until all your fears have subsided. It is very important or your emotional perceptions will affect your relationship badly.